HC Deb 30 March 1982 vol 21 c81W
31. Mr. Edwin Wainwright

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many young persons between the age of 16 to 21 years are undergoing industrial training in the United Kingdom; and how the numbers compare with other countries in the European Economic Community.

Mr. Peter Morrison

Detailed figures are not available. In Britain approximately two-thirds of young people reaching minimum school leaving age receive some kind of further education or training. In France and Germany the figure is about 80 per cent.